parochial school
noun
: a private school maintained by a religious body usually for elementary and secondary instruction
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Private and parochial schools could not educate the workforce required by a sophisticated economy, so the government had to make primary education compulsory and free by the end of the nineteenth century.
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Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
The state’s parochial schools, in contrast, had mostly reopened after a few months.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
When the Metropolitan Dade County Commission passed an ordinance that would, in effect, mandate that qualified homosexuals be hired as teachers in private and parochial schools, Bryant stepped forward to spearhead a drive to repeal it.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
For me, one of those people is Mrs. Carol Bell, my fourth grade teacher at a Chicago area parochial school.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 3 Apr. 2024
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Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
The state’s parochial schools, in contrast, had mostly reopened after a few months.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
When the Metropolitan Dade County Commission passed an ordinance that would, in effect, mandate that qualified homosexuals be hired as teachers in private and parochial schools, Bryant stepped forward to spearhead a drive to repeal it.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
For me, one of those people is Mrs. Carol Bell, my fourth grade teacher at a Chicago area parochial school.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Parochial school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parochial%20school. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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